求助~GWD3-Q25

subaru6385

Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood. However, theory and Line limited research suggest that the process through which such plans emerge may play a part. In particular, top management decision-sharing- consensus-oriented, team-based decision-making-may increase the likelihood that firms will adhere to their plans, because those involved in the decision-making may be more committed to the chosen course of action, thereby increasing the likelihood that organizations will subsequently adhere to their plans.

However, the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a firm’s strategic mission (its fundamental approach to increasing sales revenue and market share, and generating cash flow and short-term profits). At one end of the strategic mission continuum, “build” strategies are pursued when a firm desires to increase its market share and is willing to sacrifice short-term profits to do so. At the other end, “harvest” strategies are used when a firm is willing to sacrifice marked share for short-term profitability and cash-flow maximization. Research and theory suggest that top management decision-sharing may have a more positive relationship with adherence to plans among firms with harvest strategies than among firms with build strategies. In a study of strategic practices in several large firms, managers in harvest strategy scenarios were more able to adhere to their business plans. As one of the managers in the study explained it, this is partly because “typically all a manager has to do [when implementing a harvest strategy] is that which was done last year.” Additionally, managers under harvest strategies may have fewer strategic options than do those under build strategies; it may therefore be easier to reach agreement on a particular course of action through decision-sharing, which will in turn tend to promote adherence to plans. Conversely, in a “build” strategy scenario, individual leadership, rather than decision-sharing, may promote adherence to plans. Build strategies-which typically require leaders with strong personal visions for a firm’s future, rather than the negotiated compromise of the team-based decision-may be most closely adhered to when implemented in the context of a clear strategic vision of an individual leader, rather than through the practice of decision-sharing.

Q25:
The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. identify some of the obstacles that make it difficult for firms to adhere to their strategic business plans
B. compare two different theories concerning why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans
C. evaluate the utility of top management decision-sharing as a method of implementing the strategic mission of a business
D. discuss the respective advantages and disadvantages of build and harvest strategies among several large firms
E. examine some of the factors that may affect whether or not firms adhere to their strategic plans

请问A和E有什么区别吖，小女子错选了A。。。

hughlv

看两段话的分别第一句就行了。

Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood.

However, the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a firm’s strategic mission.

如果还不够可以在细看一次第二段，可以看出作者分析的是build和harvest分别在什么情况下应用，没有着重在分析这什么因素阻碍两种策略的应用上。

TeamCancer

我觉得在第二段后半有这个意思

第二段基本都在论述
采取harvest的公司比采取build的公司更容易走top management decision-sharing的路线，
对于build的公司，adhere to build strategy更需要的是leadershipe而非民主
考虑到第一段有decision-sharing容易adhere的结论
所以事实上build的公司相对难adhere

看两段话的分别第一句就行了。

Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood.

However, the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a firm’s strategic mission.

如果还不够可以在细看一次第二段，可以看出作者分析的是build和harvest分别在什么情况下应用，没有着重在分析这什么因素阻碍两种策略的应用上。

-- by 会员 hughlv (2010/3/19 19:26:01)

kaipiggy

我觉得这个题目选D吧，advantages and disadvantages 第二段里面有很多； several large firms 与文章中的 In a study of strategic practices in several large firms，这句话基本把第二段包括进去了，而第二段是整片文章的主段，应该选它吧。
E选项的examin有问题，这个词是check up的意思，用的话，也应该要提出一些被rule out的factor吧，况且文章中说道affect的因素是strategic mission，只有一个，也不是some.

求NN解释！

apooolo

the article is primary not about discussing the advantages and disadvantages of harvest and build strategies, but is about how the two strategies affect whether or not firms adhere to their strategic plans.